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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new cholesterol treatment from Carlsbad’s Isis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ISIS) and its French partner Genzyme, clearing the path for Isis' first drug to reach market.

San Diego’s Websense Inc. (Nasdaq: WBSN), which produces software and security systems to defend against cyber attacks, reported record income of $122 million for the fourth quarter, rising 5 percent over last year.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO), the world’s largest maker of laboratory equipment and scientific instruments, is considering making an offer for Carlsbad’s Life Technologies (Nasdaq: LIFE), three sources close to the talks have told the Reuters news agency.

The Southern California chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers has named San Diego Superior Court Judge Maureen F. Hallahan the 2013 recipient of the San Diego County Family Law Judge of the Year.

The national labor and employment law firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. has opened an office in San Diego with Spencer Skeen serving as the founding and managing shareholder. Skeen previously was with Fisher & Phillips.

Nearly a dozen Chula Vista businesses were awarded recently for efforts to improve energy efficiency, water conservation, waste reduction, and pollution prevention through their participation in the city’s Green Business Challenge.

In an effort to serve its East Coast client base, Encinitas-based Infinitely Virtual, a provider of virtual server cloud computing services, has announced the phased move of its backup data center from San Diego to the Boston area.

San Diego-based Novatel Wireless Inc. (Nasdaq: NVTL) announced Tuesday that its new MiFi 5510L Intelligent Mobile Hotspot is about to be launched on the Verizon Wireless network as the Verizon Jetpack 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot MiFi 5510L.

San Diego entrepreneurs saw some positive growth in net profit, revenue and number of employees over the past six months, according to the Entrepreneurs' Organization's Global Entrepreneur Indicator Study.

On March 16, 2013, the “first inventor to file” provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) come into effect. These provisions introduce a significant change in U.S. patent law and will affect patent-filing strategy in the United States.

He's not sitting on a clear lake fishing in New Hampshire, but the memory of doing so growing up is one of the inspirations to Jon Loveland's career of turning originally undrinkable water into something fresh, clean and useful.

As a 5-year-old growing up in North Carolina, Erna Adelson saved her pocket money and stowed it away in her piggy bank. Her father explained to her how she could own a part of a company by buying shares in the stock market, so she decided to buy one share of Duke Power.

AL International Inc. announced that its Youngevity brand has partnered with actress Marilu Henner, who will act as celebrity brand ambassador, and Jack In The Box Inc. announced the launch of its redesigned website, jackinthebox.com, according to company announcements, SEC filings and Bloomberg News.

The following "Local Notes" appeared in The Daily Transcript's Jan. 30, 1911 issue:The entire issue of bonds of the new Marston Building company, aggregating $300,000 has been taken by the Bank of Commerce of this city. The sale of the bonds is for the purpose of erecting the big department store building at 5th, C and 6th.